宁拆十座庙，不毁一桩婚

Traditional form:

寧拆十座廟，不毀一樁婚

Pinyin (reading):

nìngchāishízuòmiào,bùhuǐyīzhuānghūn

Definitions:

• rather destroy ten temples than a single marriage (idiom)

Characters:

• 宁 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 座 - seat; stand, base
• 庙 - temple, shrine; imperial court
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 毁 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 桩 - stake, post; matter, affair
• 婚 - to get married; marriage, wedding

Traditional characters:

• 寧 - calm, peaceful; healthy; rather; to prefer
• 拆 - to break open, to split up, to tear apart
• 十 - ten, tenth; complete; perfect
• 座 - seat; stand, base
• 廟 - temple, shrine; imperial court
• 不 - no, not, un-; negative prefix
• 毀 - to damage, to ruin; to defame, to slander
• 一 - one; a, an; alone
• 樁 - stake, post; matter, affair
• 婚 - to get married; marriage, wedding